Annual session 2025

10–13 June 2025

Documentation 

Session documents 

Presentations and statements (posted as available)

Decisions - EN FR ES

Report of session - EN FR ES
                                   AR RU ZH

Publications

Session documents

Opening of the session 
Item 1 
Adoption of the provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization 
of work (E/ICEF/2025/11/Rev.1)
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH     
Item 2 
Opening statement by the President of the Executive BoardEN
Opening statement by the Executive Director of UNICEFEN
Programme and policy matters 
Item 3   
Annual report for 2024 of the Executive Director of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2025/12)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Report on the implementation of the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 (UNICEF/2025/EB/7)EN
Report on the implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (UNICEF/2025/EB/8)EN                                  
Description of independent oversight functions/bodies in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2025/13) EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Data companion and scorecard to the annual report for 2024 of the Executive Director of UNICEFEN
UNICEF report on the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (E/ICEF/2025/14)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 4 
UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029: draft for review (E/ICEF/2025/15)EN
Draft results framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2026–2029 (E/ICEF/2025/15/Add.1)EN
Item 5 
Annual report on UNICEF humanitarian action (E/ICEF/2025/19)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 6 
Annual report on the implementation of the UNICEF Gender Action Plan,  2022–2025 (E/ICEF/2025/20)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Data companion and scorecard to the UNICEF Gender Action Plan, 2022–2025 EN
Item 7 
UNICEF programme cooperation 
Extensions of ongoing country programmes (E/ICEF/2025/P/L.8)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 8 
Update on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (E/ICEF/2025/16)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 9 
Update on organizational culture and diversity (E/ICEF/2025/17)EN FR ES 
AR RU ZH
Item 10 
Update on UNICEF efforts to address racism and racial discrimination (E/ICEF/2025/18/Rev.1)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 11 

Update on implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations 
development system

Information note

United Nations development system reform checklistAnnex to the information note

 


EN

EN

Evaluation, audit and oversight matters 
Item 12 
Annual report for 2024 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2025/23)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Management response to the annual report for 2024 on the evaluation function in UNICEF (E/ICEF/2025/24)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 13 
Report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2024 (E/ICEF/2025/21)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Management response to the report of the Ethics Office of UNICEF for 2024 (E/ICEF/2025/22)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Item 14 
Internal audit and investigations 
UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2024 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.3)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Open agreed internal audit actions older than 18 months as at 31 December 2024: addendum to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2024 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.3/Add.1)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Cases closed after investigation and cases closed after assessment with established financial losses during 2024: addendum to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2024 annual report to the Executive Board 
(E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.3/Add.2)
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH                                     
Management response to the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit and Investigations 2024 annual report to the Executive Board (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.4)EN FR ES 
AR RU ZH
UNICEF Audit Advisory Committee 2024 annual report to the Executive BoardEN
Item 15 
Progress on the consideration of the review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women by the Joint Inspection Unit 
Item 16 
Annual report on the risk profile of UNICEF (E/ICEF/2025/25)EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Resource, financial and budgetary matters 
Item 17 
Private Fundraising and Partnerships: financial report for the year ended 
31 December 2024 (E/ICEF/2025/AB/L.5) 
EN FR ES
AR RU ZH
Other matters and adoption of draft decisions 
Item 18 
Address by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff AssociationEN              
Item 19 

Other matters

2025 second regular session: Provisional list of agenda items

 

EN

Item 20 
Adoption of draft decisions   
Item 21 
Closing statements by the Executive Director of UNICEF and the President of the 
Executive Board
 

Presentations and statements

(posted as available)

Presentations and statements

Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat, President of the Executive BoardEN
Opening statement by Ms. Catherine M. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEFEN

Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEFEN
Presentation by Mr. Nazim Khizar, Deputy Director, Division of Financial and Administrative
Management, UNICEF
EN
Statement by Germany EN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and SwedenEN
Statement by MozambiqueEN
Statement by EcuadorES
Statement by the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicEN
Statement by DenmarkEN
Statement by ChinaZH
Statement by the Kingdom of the NetherlandsEN
Statement by SwitzerlandFR
Statement by FranceFR
Statement by the Sultanate of OmanAR
Statement by AustraliaEN
Statement by NorwayEN
Statement by the Republic of KoreaEN
Statement by BulgariaEN
Statement by JapanEN
Statement by GreeceEN
Statement by BrazilEN
Statement by New ZealandEN
Statement by FinlandEN
Statement by El SalvadorES
Statement by SloveniaEN
Statement by MyanmarEN
Statement by AlgeriaEN
Statement by SpainES
Statement by CubaES
Statement by the European UnionEN
Statement by the Chair of the Joint Inspection UnitEN   

Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEFEN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and SwedenEN
Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of Finland, Australia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, New Zealand, Spain, Japan, Sweden, Norway, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEN             
Statement by the Dominican Republic on behalf Bolivia, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic ES
Statement by MozambiqueEN
Statement by AustraliaEN

Presentation by Ms. Lucia Elmi, Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF EN
Statement by Sweden on behalf of Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and SwedenEN
Statement by the Sultanate of Oman on behalf of Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Columbia, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Russian Federation, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Yemen, and the Sultanate of OmanEN            
Statement by Mozambique EN
Statement by the Czech RepublicEN
Statement by New ZealandEN
Statement by the European UnionEN
Statement by Coup de Pousse Chaîne de l’Espoir Nord-Sud (not delivered)EN

Presentation by Ms. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director, Gender Equality, UNICEF EN
Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Chinga, Youth advocate, MalawiEN
Statement by BrazilEN   

Presentation by Ms. Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEFEN
Statement by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union, and the Kingdom of the NetherlandsEN                 
Statement by the Sultanate of OmanEN

Presentation by Mr. Sajid Ali, Principal Adviser, Division of People and Culture, UNICEFEN
Statement by the Office of the OmbudsmanEN  

Presentation by Mr. Sajid Ali, Principal Adviser, Division of People and Culture, UNICEFEN
Statement by Mozambique on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, European Union, and MozambiqueEN                

Presentation by Ms. Mandeep O’Brien, Director, Public Partnerships Division, UNICEFEN
Statement by Switzerland on behalf Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union, and SwitzerlandEN         
Statement by FranceFR
Statement by NorwayEN

Presentation by Mr. Robert McCouch, Director of Evaluation, UNICEFEN
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the European Union, and GermanyEN      

Presentation by Mr. El Cid Butuyan, Ethics Director, UNICEFEN

Presentation by Mr. Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations, UNICEFEN
Presentation by Mr. Nazim Khizar, Deputy Director, Division of Financial and Administrative
Management, UNICEF
EN
Statement by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Audit Advisory Committee EN
Statement by Norway on behalf Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and NorwayEN
Statement by the European UnionEN  

Statement by Eritrea on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and EritreaEN         

Presentation by Mr. Jacob van der Blij, Chief Risk Officer, UNICEFEN

Presentation by Ms. Carla Haddad-Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships, UNICEF EN
Intervention by the Chair of the Standing Group of National CommitteesEN
Statement by Germany on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and GermanyEN       

Statement by the Chairperson of the UNICEF Global Staff AssociationEN
Statement by Germany on on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and GermanyEN       

Publications

PublicationsDownload
The State of the World’s Children 2024 (webpage)   EN FR ES
AR
UNICEF Annual Report 2024EN
2024 annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and ProgrammesEN FR ES